When I was about ten or eleven my father told me this story. (Yeah, brace yourself.) He said that I needed to lose weight because if I didn't the only husband I would be able to find would be low class and ignorant (thank you for the classism, Dad), and he would get angry at me for being smarter than him, and so he would beat me. (Also thanks for the WTFery, Father. Fun family times!)
The sad part is he's not all wrong. It's not about class/education/etc, but about attitude. From what I've seen a not-insignificant number of men who are attracted to women are intimidated or even horrified by intelligence in women. It's a little sad. But/and you are logarithmically better than that and I am very glad. :)
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When I was about ten or eleven my father told me this story. (Yeah, brace yourself.) He said that I needed to lose weight because if I didn't the only husband I would be able to find would be low class and ignorant (thank you for the classism, Dad), and he would get angry at me for being smarter than him, and so he would beat me. (Also thanks for the WTFery, Father. Fun family times!)
The sad part is he's not all wrong. It's not about class/education/etc, but about attitude. From what I've seen a not-insignificant number of men who are attracted to women are intimidated or even horrified by intelligence in women. It's a little sad. But/and you are logarithmically better than that and I am very glad. :)